Aging and language switching in bilinguals

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作者
Hernandez, AE [1 ]
Kohnert, KJ
机构
[1] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Psychol 9660, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
[2] Univ Calif San Diego, San Diego, CA 92103 USA
[3] San Diego State Univ, San Diego, CA 92182 USA
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10.1076/anec.6.2.69.783
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B844 [发展心理学(人类心理学)];
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040202 ;
摘要
Language switching was studied with a group of bilingual older adults (65 and older) and college-age bilinguals using a cued picture naming paradigm in a blocked (English or Spanish), unpredictable mixed (Spanish and English cues change randomly from trial to trial), and a predictable mixed condition (cues alternate between English and Spanish from trial to trial). Results revealed equivalent error rates and small differences in reaction time (RT) between older adults and college-age participants in the blocked condition. However, older adults showed much slower RTs and made significantly more errors in the mixed conditions. The results are consistent with models that predict deficiencies in task set shifting across the life span.
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